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When Ted is packing his stuff for his move to New Jersey, he discovers that the gang was going to hold an intervention for his engagement to Stella and demands they hold it anyway.
  • The gang has an obsession with interventions.

    10
    "Perfect"
    "Intervention" is one of my favourite How I Met Your Mother episodes. It actually makes it in my Top 5 How I Met Your Mother episodes. I just find this whole episode entertaining. I love how the gang became obsessed with interventions. I love how they find their old intervention banner and they reminisce about their interventions. I love the one with Robin reenacting the great Vancouver Canucks in full hockey gear. I love the intervention of Stuart being an alcoholic and Barney comes in and offers him a drink. I love the interventions for Marshall's hats, Lily's fake British accent, Robin's tanning addiction, and Barney's magic trick. And I love how they had an intervention for having to many interventions. I love how Barney pretends to be an old man picking up young women and the gang has an intervention at the end of the episode for him. I give this episode a 10/10.moreless
  • Moving day.

    8.0
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    Everyone starts packing up to embark a new chapter in their lives. Robin is moving to Japan for her job, Marshall & Lilly are moving in to their own apartment, and Ted is moving to New Jersey with Stella. This was a closing chapter in everybody's lives. But it's time for new beginnings for the gang. I loved the Intervention gag, everyone had their own reason for their intervention, that was hilarious. The Intervention gag develops when Ted finds old Intervention letters addressed to him regarding Stella. Basically, it said not to marry Stella and that Ted was moving too fast. Ted starts to doubt his actions and gets scared, and decides to stay in the apartment, which becomes a chain reaction for everybody else, when they all end up not wanting to move. Sooner or later, when they see Barney in his "old person" suit, they all decide they need to move out, they can't be scared, and they have to do this. Meanwhile Barney proves he will be exactly the same by the time he's 80 years old. By the end, they all decide to embark on the new chapter in their lives. Future Ted lets us know that a year from now, everybody will be living in the same apartment. Kind of a spoiler, but I guess we know things are going to go south with Stella. Robin's not leaving, and Marshall & Lilly will move back in a year from now. I sort of wish I didn't know that was going to happen, but I still enjoyed the episode. Great episode that made me nostalgic on the old HIMYM days.moreless
  • This episode was just gold. Barney as usual was just hilarious. This is definately a MUST SEE!

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    In packing up the apartment to move out for good, the gang starts to get cold feet. While sorting through old stuff, Ted discovers that at one point Marshall and Lily were going to stage an intervention to tell him not to marry Stella. After admitting they thought Ted and Stella were moving too quickly but now realize they were wrong, Ted then starts to question if maybe his relationship is moving too fast. His hesitation towards change then makes Marshall and Lily question whether they should move into their apartment, and Robin becomes uncertain about taking the job in Japan.moreless
  • Ted!! No!! You never break up a girl fight! NEVER!!!

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    Neil Patrick Harris made me laugh so hard on the scene qhere he punches the wall that this episode is worth just by that scene.
    The episode is funny in general, Ted is packing to move in with Stella, Robin is going to Japan and Lilly and Marshall are moving out as well, only to realize that no one wants to move out, everybody wants to stay exactly where they are. And, as always, scenes are funny as well, the interventions were awesome, hilarious. It wasn't very moving forward plot wise, but hey, with comedic shows, i really don't care much about the story, i just want to laught as hard as i can.moreless
  • Apartment Memories

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    Moving to a new place can be a painful experence sometimes because whereever you live, for however amount of time you always make memories, leaving them behind is really sad.

    This episode is good if not one of the best I'm still waiting for that episode that will give season 4 the umph it needs right now.

    There were a lot of funny moments in the episode, from Barney's current scheme which was real daft yet amazingly worked, that little subplot with him was really just a joke of the week but a good one as well as a plot device for latter.

    Though the real funny moments were in seeing what each little detail of the interior of the apartment ment. My favorate was the wall hole with Robin and Lily, when Robin downed one beer too many and takes her Canadian nationality a bit overboard, from the accent, hockey jersey, stick and puck with it. She executes a slap shot which could of made a hole in the wall if Lily hadn't caught the puck (supprised Lily wasn't a goalie). Robin gets riled up about it and picks a fight with Lily. Lily in turn gets riled up, and soon both actually fight. I though this was cool but unfortunately it only lasts one minute if Ted didn't get in the way (wuss). As we see it made Barney frustrated getting robbed of a girlfight and punch the hole in the wall.

    But of couse the real kicker was just in the interventions which are suppose to be a stopping point communication where friends would gather to express their feelings about a certain unplessent activity one is doing. One favorate of mine is Lily and her Brit accent.

    The current intervention this time was Ted marrying Stella. Marchall said exactly what my feelings were about it, I do feel Ted might be making a mistake. At first Ted is in slight denial but then he takes out something in one of his boxes and it triggers something that was dorment in him, the fear of leaving a place he's made so many great memories behind and fearing more he may be unable to make new ones that are a happy as the ones before. This freaking out episode triggers that same fear in his friends. I thought this was both funny and slightly emotional because even I'm wondering about the future for all of them. But all learn that the past is not forver and they have to accept these changes to make new memories, however they should never forget what brought them to those changes whcih was how all of them still had that bond together doing the same old thing years latter.

    The episode though is held back mainly from Lily and Robin not expressing their intervention opinions was I thought a copout scriptwise. But mainly I thoigh the resolution was a little fast, it was the same problem I had with the last episode. I know that Ted is suppose to learn a lesson but his full acceptance of it, I don't find entirely realistic. Despite this you don't forget what occured before it just demonstrates Ted I feel is ready for change but not yet as a saying goes there is a time and a place for everything.

    Transition from one place to the other is always painful and scarry but it's something we all have to do to make new memories someplace else.moreless
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    • The last time that the wall that broke because of the encyclopedia was seen was during "Do I know you?", in this episode the wall doesn't show any damage (and there is no damage in any previous episode). This places the encyclopedia accident at some point between Ted's engagement with Stella and this episode. Later in the episode, there is a flashback to when Robin and Ted were dating, and you can clearly see the wall being already damaged.

    • When the encyclopedias and the shelf start to fall and crumble, you can actually see the brick wall push outward and shake.

    • When Ted scares the couple out of the booth the woman clearly takes her cell phone with her, only for it to reappear on the table when she asks for it.

    • At the beginning of Barney's magic trick intervention, the scorch mark is clearly seen underneath the intervention banner, before he burns it.

  • QUOTES (15)

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    • Robin: I know your new place has had some problems with the slanted floor and the sewage treatment plant nearby, but you're going to turn it into a great home. Tell him, Lily. Lily: It's a black hole where dreams go to die. I'm not moving, either!

    • Ted: My James Bond movies. Remember we watched them all in order and Lily spoke in that weird British accent for, like, a month? Lily: (British accent) It was sophisticated.

    • "Old" Barney: In a few minutes, the young me from your time is going to come through that door. Now, Cindy, I know this sounds insane, but in order to save the planet, you need to sleep with him tonight. Cindy: What? I... "Old" Barney: Sleep with Barney Stinson tonight, in whatever way he wants it, or he won't be able to find the solution to global warming that saves the human race.

    • Robin: I'm moving to Japan. It took me a half hour to pack. Lily: A half hour? Robin: Well, it would have taken me 20 minutes, but a friend called me in tears.

    • Robin: Stella's not gonna let you keep half of this junk. Ted: Why wouldn't she? Lily: Oh, Ted, oh, sweetie. Okay, here's the thing that guys only learn after they move in with a woman. All of your stuff is stupid.

    • (at Marshall's Cat in the Hat hat intervention) Robin: Dear Marshall, I do not like that stupid hat. I want to beat it... with a bat. Or maybe stab it with a fork. It makes you look like such a dork.

    • Lily: (with English accent) Cor blimey. This is a nice bloody surprise. What's this about, then? Ted: Lily, it's about the weird fake English accent. Lily: (with English accent) Bollocks.

    • Ted: (about planned intervention for him) What was it for? The Crocs? The hair product? Marshall: Not Stella. Ted: Oh, my God, this was about Stella. Marshall: I just said, "not Stella," so maybe it was about your poor listening skills, Ted. Ted: What? Marshall: It's out of control, see?

    • Ted: Lily, come on, let's hear yours. Lily: "Gilbert's reading skills have improved drastically since..." Wait, this is a letter I meant to send home with one of my kindergarteners. (cut to other apartment) Gilbert's mother: Gilbert, are things moving too fast between you and a girl named Stella? Gilbert: I wish.

    • Ted: Robin, could I hear yours? Robin: "Dear Ted, it's 'encyclo-pee-dia', not 'encyclo-pay-dia'. Why do you always say things in the most pretentious way possible? It makes you sound douchey—and that's 'douch-ey', not 'douch-ay'." Ted: Yeah, you already read that one at my Pronunciation intervention. Where's the letter about Stella? Robin: I didn't write one. I'm your ex-girlfriend. I figured anything I said on the subject would sound catty. Plus, I'm hotter than her, so who cares?

    • Robin: Barney, this is an intervention. "Old" Barney: I'm sorry, I can't hear you. Marshall: Enough with the "old man" bit. "Old" Barney: What about the old sand pit? Lily: Let it go. "Old" Barney: "Let It Snow"? I love that old ditty! Ted: I'm getting my flail. "Old" Barney: You're setting sail?

    • Barney: (reading his letter) "Ted, I cannot stand idly by…" Ted: You've just been carrying that around with you? Barney: Please, Ted. (resumes reading) "Ted, I cannot stand idly by while you make the biggest mistake any man can make: getting married. Mark my words, this whole thing is going to go up in flames!" (his letter burns up) Oh, I did the flames cue too early! The point is, Ted, marriage is stupid! Every year there are a million new, hot, 22-year-olds walking into bars, and call me 'glass-half-full,' but I think they're getting dumber.

    • (Robin's drunk, acting 'Super-Canadian,' and holding a hockey stick) Lily: Alright, Robin, give me the stick. Robin: I'll give you summer teeth—some are here, some are there.

    • Old Barney: Now, listen to me, Cindy. I am Barney Stinson, and I am on an urgent mission from the future. Cindy: From the future? Old Barney: The future. And I can prove it to you. In exactly four seconds, the woman at that booth is going to slap that man, Urg-Ummm. (Robin slaps Ted) Ted: Ow, what the hell?

    • Girl at bar: How old are you? "Old" Barney: 83, how old are you? Girl at bar: 31. "Old" Barney: Ugh. (walks away)

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    • Originally (and subsequently) played by Victoria Williams, for this episode the role of Claudia is portrayed by Michelle Gunn.

    • The German episode title is "Der alte Mann und drei Umzüge", meaning "The Old Man and Three Moves". The French title is "L'intervention", and the Italian title is "L'intervento".

    • International Airdates: Australia: February 16, 2009 on Network 7; Germany: December 5, 2009 on ProSieben; United Kingdom: January 7, 2010 on E4/E4 HD; Czech Republic: October 27, 2010 on Prima COOL

    • Music: "Coming Home" by The 88 (the gang toasts with $2500 Scotch)

  • ALLUSIONS (1)

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    • Marshall mentions John Bonham from the band Led Zeppelin and the fact that he died from an overdose. In the second episode of Freaks and Geeks, Jason Segel's character, Nick, was still distraught over his death.

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